The world economy may lose over $4 trillion due to a decline in tourism amid the pandemic

The damage suffered by the tourism industry last year and this year due to the spread of the coronavirus could cost the world Coronavirus could cost the world economy more than $4 trillion. The figures are cited in a report by UNCTAD, in cooperation with the international community. UNCTAD report, prepared in collaboration with the international United Nations international tourism organization. These losses are a consequence of These losses are a consequence of the impact of the pandemic not only on tourism itself but also on other industries that are closely related to it. The losses over the past year, the report estimates, amounted to 2,4 trillion dollars, which was due to a sharp decline in number of tourists in the world and the indirect effects of this. Such The same losses, according to the authors of the document, may occur in the current Despite the expected growth in the number of tourists in the second half of the year. The real damage to the industry is more than UNCTAD predicted last year. UNCTAD last year, even under the worst-case scenario The maximum amount was seen in the range of $ 3.3 trillion. dollars.